USA Today – Aug 24 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Hello” singer |
ADELE |
“In memoriam” bio |
OBIT |
“Nana” author Zola |
EMILE |
“Odyssey” enchantress |
CIRCE |
“Sour grapes” fabulist |
AESOP |
“The Untouchables” gangster |
CAPONE |
“Uncle!” |
IGIVE |
“With the bow,” in music |
ARCO |
$1,000,000, informally |
MIL |
Annapolis newcomer |
PLEBE |
Any “Jurassic Park” dinosaur |
CLONE |
Apple MP3 player |
IPOD |
Assist in wrongdoing |
ABET |
Be in the red |
OWE |
Begins to take effect |
SETSIN |
Bit of change |
CENT |
Board, as a bus |
GETON |
Busboys’ pickups |
TRAYS |
Calculator result |
SUM |
Capital on the Baltic Sea |
RIGA |
Carpenter’s gripper |
VISE |
Come down in buckets |
TEEM |
Dallas cager, for short |
MAV |
Dinghy or dory |
BOAT |
Do a slalom |
SKI |
Doves’ sounds |
COOS |
Dutch cheese town |
EDAM |
Esprit de ___ |
CORPS |
Field goal specialist |
KICKER |
Florence’s river |
ARNO |
Fuse rating unit |
AMP |
Game with Reverse and Skip cards |
UNO |
Good-sized lot |
ACRE |
Hand-dyeing method |
BATIK |
Hatchling’s sound |
PEEP |
Housebound feline |
INDOORCAT |
In an aimless manner |
IDLY |
In public view |
SEEN |
Inform on the Mob |
RAT |
Clues |
Answers |
Israel’s Netanyahu, informally |
BIBI |
Issues a subpoena to |
CITES |
Keep ___ (continue) |
ATIT |
Lager alternative |
ALE |
Lake ___ (Mississippi River’s source) |
ITASCA |
Las Vegas’ ___ Grand |
MGM |
Lawrence who played “champagne music” |
WELK |
Like an unmatched sock |
ODD |
Like good pastrami |
LEAN |
Like many bathroom floors |
TILED |
Make ecstatic |
ELATE |
Many 5Ks and 10Ks |
ROADRACES |
Many a McJob holder |
TEEN |
Moon lander, briefly |
LEM |
Music-licensing org |
ASCAP |
Muslim cleric |
IMAM |
Napoleon exile site |
ELBA |
Nonstick kitchen spray |
PAM |
Not prerecorded |
LIVE |
Place for a window box |
SILL |
Pre-___ (coll. major) |
MED |
Prepares for a trip |
PACKS |
Put in mothballs |
STORE |
Rubber tomahawk’s target |
KNEE |
Rule, briefly |
REG |
Scottish residence of the Royal Family |
BALMORALCASTLE |
Shankar tune |
RAGA |
Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” |
OMAR |
Source of hash browns, informally |
TATER |
Stanford-___ (IQ test) |
BINET |
Take-home pay |
NET |
The Pope’s residence |
APOSTOLICPALACE |
Transparent mineral |
MICA |
Tummy trouble |
AGITA |
Vex persistently |
NAGAT |
Where Hefner parties |
PLAYBOYMANSION |
Winter hrs. in Chicago |
CST |
Yarn purchase |
SKEIN |
___ San Lucas (Baja resort) |
CABO |